#3C38C7#3C38C7

#3C38C7 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.213 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38C7
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 46.77, -73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 86.92, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.018 -0.2118)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.213 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5830, 7.9112, 54.8329)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C38C7 #C3C738

analogous

#387CC7 #3C38C7 #8338C7

triadic

#3C38C7 #C73C38 #38C73C

tetradic

#3C38C7 #C7387C #C3C738 #38C783

square

#3C38C7 #C7387C #C3C738 #38C783

split-complementary

#3C38C7 #C78338 #7CC738

monochromatic

#1F1D67 #2E2B97 #3C38C7 #6B68D4 #9A98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#3C38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3C38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38C7

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38C7	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.213 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570d9',
    500: '#3c38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38c7;
$custom-light: #8570d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44916,
    "c": 0.21256,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38C7

secondary

#CCCD8D

accent

#DF48DB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38C7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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